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Bones found on beach in Quebec’s Gaspé are from 1847 Irish shipwreck: Parks CanadaThe bones from 21 skeletons discovered belong to victims from the Carricks of Whitehaven, an Irish ship that sank during a storm off the Gaspé coast.CanadaJun 9, 2019
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Author runs across Quebec & Ontario to honour Irish heritageCollins is retracing the route of Irish immigrants who arrived in 1847 to escape the famine to help the push to build a commemorative site adjacent to the Black Rock.CanadaJun 17, 2016
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Montreal’s Irish community remembers Black ’47Thousands of Irish came to Canada during the potato famine in search of a better life.May 25, 2014
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